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Wittgenstein (1993)

NR ★ 6.4/10 69 min Drama, History, Comedy Japan, United Kingdom English
Director: Derek Jarman
Streaming: Not available
If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Description

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.

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Top Cast

Clancy Chassay
Clancy Chassay Young Wittgenstein
Karl Johnson
Karl Johnson Ludwig Wittgenstein
Michael Gough
Michael Gough Betrand Russell
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton Lady Ottoline Morrell
Kevin Collins Johnny
Nabil Shaban
Nabil Shaban Martian
Sally Dexter
Sally Dexter Hermine Wittgenstein
Lynn Seymour
Lynn Seymour Lydia Lopokova

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